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==Description==
 

Latest revision as of 14:54, 12 May 2016


Originally was two sites side by side, owned by the Ratcliff Gas Light & Coke Company and the East London Gas Light Company. http://marysgasbook.blogspot.ca/2009/08/more-fraud-in-wapping.html

Gas works were used to produce and store flammable coal gas. Coal was mined in Britain and then shipped on a barge up rivers or on trains to the gas works. There it was burned to create the gas, which was then purified and put into the gas holders until needed for consumer use to light streets and buildings. The process also created coke, tar, ammonia, and sulphur as by-products.


Operation

1823 to 1935


Location

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Located in

London


Produced

Gas, Tar, Coke, Ammonia, Sulphur


Used Raw Materials

Coal


Ownership

From To Owner
1823 1875 Ratcliff Gas Light & Coke Company
1875 1935 Commercial Gas Company


Industry

From To Industry
1823 1935 Coal Gas Industry